Custom and standard bridges for G scale, O scale, and garden railways
_________________________________________________________________________________ Gnome Miniature Engineering is located in Ontario, Canada, in a place that we acknowledge to be the traditional land of the Six Nations of the Grand River.
GME MODEL RAILWAY BRIDGESare multi-scale working structures for small railways rather than scale models. They are hand built from laser cut, brake formed parts, assembled by traditional solid riveting.
Standard bridges are built from corrosion resistant materials for year round operation on garden railways. They are ready to use, painted or unpainted, except for the installation of the track. They have been used with track from 16.5mm gauge for 0n30 to 63.5mm for Gauge 3.
GARDEN RAILWAY BRIDGES: plate girders and underslung trusses for G and larger scales.
O and S SCALE BRIDGES: plate girders, through and underslung trusses, bascule bridges.
EDUCATIONAL MODEL TRUSSES: The truss bridges are available as educational models to demonstrate the principles and properties of trusses.
The model number (TR32 etc) indicates the type and length of the bridge deck in inches. For more information, please contact us atgme@gnomengineers.com
Series production of the GME bridges has ended, but several complete bridges remain available for sale. Please e-mail us at gme@gnomengineers.com for the prices and availability of the bridges shown in the News post above.
Inchinnan bascule bridge (Sir William Arrol & Co. 1923)
Inchinnan photos by courtesy of Tom Carreyette
Bascule bridge for S and 0 gauge designed by Frank Grantham
Deck detail
TR42 with assistant gnome
Diversions...
Occasional bagpipe repairs undertaken
Who are we?
A small group of people with diverse engineering backgrounds, based near the old industrial town of Galt, now part of Cambridge, Ontario, in Canada. A grandfather and great grandfather of one of the team were blacksmiths in the Clyde shipyards in Scotland, so our riveted structures have a little history built into them.
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